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[Touya's life guys. Touya's life.]

[It began simply enough: Yuki had come home, lugging a work costume Touya hoped he would never see again. 'Why don't you try it on?']

[The answer was also simple: 'Hell no.' The costume was hot, and the head was huge, and Touya didn't ever want to wear it again. It had been bad enough the one time. And then there was a bet made, and Touya thought he would never, ever lose.]

['You both conspired against me, I know it.' And Yuki had just smiled and held up the mascot head.]

[It's a special Thursday, Luceti. Because this is how Touya is dressed while he hands out balloons in the main square until sundown. After which he will be running home and vowing never, ever, to make a bet with his boyfriends ever again.]

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Understandable. I was scared when I started seeing spirits, but I learned to be okay with it. They usually just talked to me, instead of leading me off cliffs.

[But dang, when that strange stuff started happening with Sakura, Touya saw and felt them everywhere. And they didn't just want to talk.]

Don't deal with it as much anymore--which I guess is why I, uh, 'freaked out' a little. [He smiles slightly.]

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That's an amazing skill you have. I've never talked to anyone that could speak to spirits before, and I've seen a lot of different powers.

But I'm 100% real. OH! I'm Kitty.

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That's good to know. I'm a little rusty in terms of talking to spirits lately. I'm better with people who are 100% real. [He smiles.] I'm Touya.

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It's totally nice to meet you Touya. Have you been in this place for awhile?

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Nice to meet you too. [Kitty sounds a little like the girls Touya went to school with, so he guesses she's about his age maybe. Maybe a little younger. The last time he assumed that though, he'd been off by like, six years though.]

Yeah, about a year and a half I guess? You?

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Only for like a month. Still adjusting, ya know?

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Yeah, sorry about that. [He frowns slightly. It's kind of sad to hear about someone who just arrived.] You miss home yet? [Because Touya could relate to that, absolutely.]

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Yeah. I mean, not so much miss, but worried, ya know? I kinda left at a bad time.